02-16-24, 11:31 AM
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Gefallen Engel U-666
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...what also hasn't really been discussed is the miserable cost of repairs to the Tesla developement one-piece carbody that houses the huge and heavy battery. The repair infrastructure and turnaround time is poor as the current focus is on building new EVs, not fixing old ones. Insurance premiums are accordingly higher. https://electrek.co/2023/09/14/tesla...asting-report/
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There are a lot of detractors who badmouth the whole casting system as more difficult to repair. If the quarter panel is really damaged, now they replace it. If the car's casting is too damaged, it will be totaled as uneconomically repairable and the body will be stripped of its parts, especially the most expensive part, the battery, and the body will be melted down and recast.
Another issue that the naysayers ignore is that there are so many sheet metal cars that are so severely damaged by rust that they're not road worthy and unrepairable. That's not going to be as big a problem with castings.
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